Recruiting new Crew members presents some challenges. How can we reach youth and get them to try Venturing?
Webelos Family Member Activity Badge
Summertime is a good time for your Webelos to work on their Family Member activity badge. With the extra time on their hands, they can learn how to do some more chores around the house.
Dock Your Flying Saucer Game
The idea of this game is to put the flying saucer (a Frisbee) in its space dock (a box). This is a good game for indoors or out.
Swimming Belt Loop for Cub Scouts
If your Cub Scouts go to the pool during the summer, they can earn their Swimming belt loop without a lot of effort.
Tiger Den Meeting Plan | Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
You can do most of Tiger Achievement 3 at a single meeting. One of the requirements (a fire drill) will have to be completed at home. The Go See It – visiting a sporting event – can be done as a separate activity.
French Toast Recipe for Cub Scouts
This is a very easy French toast recipe. French or Italian bread works well in this recipe, but plain white bread will do.
Fake Wounds for First Aid Demonstrations
If your Webelos or Boy Scouts are working on first aid requirements, you can add in some fun by making a fake wound on a “victim” or two.
Budget Worksheet for Family Member Activity Badge
Requirement 4 for the Webelos Family Member activity badge requires the Scout to plan a budget for 30 days. This simple worksheet will provide a way to do that.
Basketry Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
Basketry merit badge is always a favorite for our first and second year campers. It doesn’t have a lot of requirements and is pretty straightforward.
Home Safety Checklist for Cub Scouts
This is a home safety checklist for Cub Scouts to use. It can be used with Wolf Achievement 9 (Be Safe at Home and on the Street).
Dark Magic Mind Reading Trick
This magic trick will amaze your Scouts. They might be able to figure it out after a few tries, but that is part of the fun. It is very easy to perform and doesn’t require a lot of preparation.
Webelos Forester Activity Badge Den Meeting Plan
This den meeting should take place at a nature center or park where forest trails are available. If you visit a nature center, see if there is a naturalist available to go on a hike with you.
Quick Jambalaya
This jambalaya recipe is not very authentic, but it is easy enough to prepare at camp.
Bear Den Meeting Plan | Ride Right and Bicycle Belt Loop
This meeting plan covers all of the requirements for Bear Achievement 14: Ride Right. It also meets all of the requirements for the Cub Scout Academics and Sports Bicycling belt loop.
Poison Ivy Fact and Fiction
Summertime activities in the outdoors are great, but watch out for poison ivy. The best way to avoid problems is to avoid poison ivy.
Clothesline Relay Game
In this relay, the Scouts are doing the laundry. They hang out towels on a clothesline and then bring them back in.
Sweet 16 of BSA Safety | Physical Fitness
Anyone who has ever been to camp with a bunch of Scouts knows that safety needs to be our first priority. The Sweet 16 of BSA Safety describe the measures we should use at all Scouting activities. The second point of the Sweet 16 is Physical Fitness.
Skittles Skit
This skit, like many of the Boy Scout skits I have seen, is full of boy humor. That is why they like it so much.
Guide Me Game for Webelos, Boy Scouts, and Venturers
This game makes a fun break in a meeting. It is appropriate for Webelos, Boy Scouts, or Venturers. The will have to work together to accomplish their goal.
Black Forest Dump Cake Recipe
There are lots of different dump cake combinations out there. Chocolate and cherries is one of my favorites.
Scouter Mom
I am a Scouter with experience in the Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing programs offered by the Boy Scouts of America. I hope you find some of the resources in my blog useful in your Scouting program. Yours in Scouting – Scouter Mom
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Cub Scout Nutrition Game – Food Pyramid Go Fish Game
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Chicken Wrap Recipe
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Scouting’s Teaching EDGE (BSA Edge Method)
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May Cub Scout Theme – Cub Cafe (Health and Fitness)
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Art Pin for Cub Scouts
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Family Tree Template
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Simple Indoor Flag Ceremony
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Stories about Kids and Conservation
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Log Sheet for Personal Fitness Merit Badge
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Wolf Den Meeting Plan for Achievement 4 – Know Your Home and Community
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BSA Webelos Den Meeting Plans: 9 – Geologist
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Dog Care Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
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Fruit and Yogurt Parfait Recipe
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Leave No Trace Frontcountry Guidelines
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Emergency Preparedness BSA – Cub Scout Requirements
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Emergency Preparedness Troop Program Feature for Boy Scouts
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Ideas for May Pack Meeting – Health and Fitness
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Cub Scout Pack Meeting Idea – Nutrition Belt Loop (Health and Fitness)
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First Aid Baseball Game for Boy Scouts and Webelos
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Rules for Ringer (A Marbles Game)
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Cub Scout Gathering Activity – Core Values Crossword Puzzle
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BSA Tiger Den Meeting Plans #13 – Phone Manners, Emergency!, Our Colorful World, and A Friendly Greeting
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Bear Den Meeting Plan – Shavings and Chips
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Raising and Lowering the US Flag
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Cub Scout Gathering Activity – Cub Scout Promise Puzzle
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A Simple Flag Retirement Ceremony
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A Simple Explanation of the Scientific Method
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Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
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Dutch Oven Breakfast Quiche
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The Fast Food Song
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Seed Neckerchief Slide Craft
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What Does the Pack Committee Chair Do?
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Woodwork Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
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Human Knot Game
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Wolf Achievement 3: Keep My Body Healthy – Healthy Habits Worksheet
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Horseback Riding Pin for Cub Scouts
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BSA Medical Forms
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Classic Outdoor Games
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Make a Soda Bottle Terrarium
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Cub Cafe Cub Scout Pack Meeting Plan (Health and Fitness)
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Cobrabraid 550 Paracord Bracelet and Keychain Giveaway
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Eagle Scout Rank Requirements for Boy Scouts
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BSA Wolf Den Meeting Plans: #11 – Making Choices
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Product Review – Cobrabraid 550 Paracord Bracelets
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Geology Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
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June Cub Scout Theme – Head West Young Man (Perseverance)
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Venturing Ranger Award Core Requirement – Communications
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BSA Bear Den Meeting Ideas – #9: Building Muscles and Games, Games, Games!
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Air Pressure Demonstration
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Farm Mechanics Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
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BB Shooting Pin for Cub Scouts
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Life Rank Requirements for Boy Scouts
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BSA Webelos Den Meeting Plans: Den Meeting Plan #10 – Geologist
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Troop Program Features: Health Care Feature for Boy Scouts
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The Fast Food Song
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Duct Tape Crafts: Duct Tape Napkin Rings
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Venturing Ranger Award Core Requirement – First Aid
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BSA Tiger Den Meeting Plans #14 – Go See It: Pet Care and Learn About Animals
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Review – Mina Sauk Falls Trail at Taum Sauk State Park
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Physical Fitness Pin for Cub Scouts
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Cub Cafe Cub Scout Pack Meeting Plan (Health and Fitness)
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BSA Wolf Den Meeting Plans: Den Meeting Plan 10 – Birds and Family Fun
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Fly Fishing Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
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Review – Johnson Shut-ins Campground
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Energy Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
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Cub Scout Pack Meeting Idea – Nutrition Belt Loop (Health and Fitness)
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Star Boy Scout Rank Requirements
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BSA Bear Den Meeting Plan 8 – Be Ready!
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Woodwork Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
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May Cub Scout Theme – Cub Cafe (Health and Fitness)
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Fruit and Yogurt Parfait Recipe
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Emergency Preparedness Troop Program Feature for Boy Scouts
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Art Pin for Cub Scouts
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BSA Webelos Den Meeting Plans: 9 – Geologist
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Chicken Wrap Recipe
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Dog Care Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
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Cub Scouts Give Thanks Cub Scout Pack Meeting Plan (Faith)
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BSA Tiger Den Meeting Plans #13 – Phone Manners, Emergency!, Our Colorful World, and A Friendly Greeting
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Woodgas Camp Stove Giveaway
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Horseback Riding Pin for Cub Scouts
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